Recommended recreational activities to help seniors enjoy their time in care facilities

Ball fishing game

[Kamo Day Service Ai] Recreation / Ball Fishing Game

Let me introduce a game that lets you practice fine motor skills while having fun.

It’s a game where you use a stick to pick up rubber balls.

The tip of the stick is fitted with the sticky side of tape, so the rubber balls attach to it.

It gets even more exciting as a two-player competitive game for older adults.

You’ll grip the stick and move your arms and hands a lot.

The person who picks up more balls than their opponent wins.

It can be played while seated, and with a bit of ingenuity, people who have difficulty moving their bodies freely can also participate.

Please use this as a reference and enjoy a fun time.

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Nakajima Junko

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Popcorn Game

Ready in no time! 😆 Popcorn you can bounce and pop with your feet 🍿 #SeniorActivities #DementiaPrevention #DayService #Easy #Recreation #shorts

Even if you know that moving your body is good for your health, you might still feel reluctant to get active.

So here’s a fun popcorn game that lets you exercise your feet while enjoying yourself.

Sit in a chair and place paper plates on both knees.

Fill the plates with lots of crumpled-up paper balls.

Think of the paper plates as frying pans and the crumpled paper as popcorn for the game.

When someone says, “Ready, start!”, flutter your legs and march your feet to shake the paper popcorn out of the plates.

Watching the crumpled paper fall from the plates looks just like popcorn popping in a heated frying pan.

Because it’s an exercise you can do like a game, it seems like older adults can enjoy participating too.

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Mountain Cup

[★UF Rec] #32 “Mountain Cup” – Senior Recreation: Let’s Get Excited with a Golf Game!

Some of you may have played golf back when you were working at a company.

Let us introduce the Mountain Cup, an activity that can bring back those memories.

As the name suggests, the course is shaped like a mountain.

Place a basket in the center, and lay plastic or cardboard boards—on which a ball can roll—over the top.

Make a hole in the center of the board, and roll the ball as you would in golf to get it into the central hole.

It’s easier to enjoy indoors than ground golf or gateball.

It’s likely to be fun for many older adults.

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Nakajima Junko

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magic hand grab

Let's have fun with a grabber and paper cups! It's brain activation time!

Here’s a “magic hand grab” activity that you can arrange in many different ways.

In this version, you use a grabber tool to collect paper cups lined up on a table.

Because it engages both the head and the hands, it can help stimulate the brain.

Another key point is that you can enjoy this activity in connection with the seasons.

For example, in spring you could draw cherry blossoms on the cups, and in summer you could draw seashells.

Doing so can make it easier to regain a sense of time.

There seem to be many possible variations.

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Mop Game

Fun to collect! 🙌 Mop game #seniorActivities #miniGame #dayService #shorts #simpleAndFun

Cleaning is essential in daily life.

This time, we’ll introduce a way to boost practical life skills while having fun with a game.

Use a mop made by attaching tissue to a stick to tidy paper cups into a designated area.

To place them without knocking them over, you’ll need to use push, pull, and slide motions with the mop, as well as adjust your force and speed.

Adding a time limit or setting a maximum number of touches on the paper cups increases the game-like challenge and makes it more enjoyable.

Move your body while playing, and engage the muscles that are useful for everyday life.

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Apple Song Exercise

Seated rhythmic exercises for seniors: Do exercises while singing “Apple Song”

While singing “The Apple Song” (Ringo no Uta), which is remembered as the first hit song after the war, this activity involves moving the body slowly.

The song has a uniquely calm atmosphere, so it gives the impression that you can move at an unhurried pace.

The movements mainly focus on the upper body, but by adding steps and singing, you can also stimulate brain activity.

Even if you’ve heard the song before, you might not remember the lyrics perfectly, so in that case, following along with the lyrics also adds a focus and concentration element.

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Recommended for recreation! Hōrun Bingo

Let’s get started together! New Sports – Hōrun Bingo Edition – [Official Niimi City]

Let me introduce “Hōrun Bingo,” a bingo game with elements of sports that gets you moving.

Draw lines on the floor to make a grid where each row has five squares.

You can use sturdy rope or masking tape, so it’s a game you can enjoy anywhere.

Throw a ball into the grid; if you line up three or more in a row, you score points, and you get higher points for four or five in a row.

Decide how many rounds to play and compete on total points.

It’s usually played standing, but you can change the throwing position and try it while seated in a chair too.

It’s an easy bingo game to customize with your own rules.

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